Arrival of Vietnamese Refugees in Canada National Historic Event
Montréal, Quebec
Refugees board flight CF707 to Canada, 1979
(© Canada.Department of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada | Canada. Ministère de la Défense nationale / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / e999901766-u)
Address :
Montréal, Quebec
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2023-07-14
Dates:
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1975 to 1990
(Significant)
Other Name(s):
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Arrival of Vietnamese Refugees in Canada
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
2022-34
Importance:
After the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, Canada welcomed nearly 200,000 Vietnamese refugees who fled persecution and difficult living conditions